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Collection of Extra files to be used on the Analogue Pocket
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Donkey Kong Jr. doesn't appear to be compatible with Eric Lewis' DK core #5

Closed YLFAndy closed 1 year ago

YLFAndy commented 1 year ago

DKJr locks at boot and plays some corrupted sound on loop. I've verified on two Pockets.

Steps:

  1. Install the pocket-extras packages on the Pocket in appropriate folders.
  2. Run the retrodriven updater OR create a dkongjr rom from an appropriate zip/MRA using a tool like Orca.
  3. Launch the Donkey Kong core
  4. Select Donkey Kong Junior

Result: The loading bar completes, then the screen goes black and some corrupted music plays on loop.

Expected: The rom to not be included ( I believe the DK board requires a second sound processor and extra memory) or to load.

dyreschlock commented 1 year ago

Ah ok. I'll take a look.

The description of the core said that it didn't work, but I had the JSON in my "it works" folder from a while ago, so I assumed it was good.

YLFAndy commented 1 year ago

No worries, I figured it slipped through. Thanks!

dyreschlock commented 1 year ago

Yeah, it's definitely broken. I could've sworn that it worked at some point though.

Sometimes when you run cores, quit out of them, and run a different core, artifacts are left on the FPGA because certain sectors weren't cleaned up. I think when I was initially testing them, I ran another core first that initiated the sectors required for Donkey Kong Jr. I tried out a couple core combinations, but I still couldn't get it to work.

Anyways, I removed that JSON and the JSON from another game that didn't work either.

Thanks for the catch. :)